Following reports of a duck rice hawker at Geylang Bahru being issued with a $300 fine for taking his mask off to taste the duck sauce that he prepared for his stall, NEA has since responded with a statement:
NEA said:
“On Nov. 14, 2021, five Safe Distancing Enforcement Officers (SDEOs) were deployed to the hawker centre at Block 69 Geylang Bahru.
At about 12:30pm, two SDEOs from the National Environment Agency noticed that a man and a woman operating a duck rice stall had their masks below their nose. They were not eating or drinking.
Approximately an hour later, the SDEOs observed the same man and woman wearing their masks below the nose.
Both the man and woman were not eating or drinking. The man was cutting cooked meat while the woman was serving patrons.
The SDEOs approached the pair to inform that they had breached safe management measures by improper wearing of masks, and NEA would take enforcement action against them.”